Middle School Trivia: 105 Fun Facts for Students

Students love trivia because it’s challenging and fun. Trivia questions test knowledge on a broad range of topics beyond core school subjects. This collection of 105 middle school trivia questions includes interesting facts spanning history, science, math, literature, geography, and pop culture. Test your middle grade knowledge with these fun trivia questions!

Math Trivia

1. What is the only even prime number? Answer: 2
2. How many degrees are in the sum of the interior angles of a triangle? Answer: 180
3. What shape has four sides with all right angles? Answer: Rectangle
4. What is the value of pi rounded to two decimal places? Answer: 3.14
5. What is the lowest common multiple of 6 and 8? Answer: 24

Science Trivia

6. How many elements are in the periodic table? Answer: 118
7. What is the largest planet in our solar system? Answer: Jupiter
8. What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature? Answer: Mercury
9. What is the fastest land animal? Answer: Cheetah
10. What part of the atom has no electric charge? Answer: Neutron

History Trivia

11. What year was the Declaration of Independence signed? Answer: 1776
12. Who invented the light bulb? Answer: Thomas Edison
13. What ancient civilization built the city of Machu Picchu? Answer: Incas
14. Which war began in 1914? Answer: World War I
15. Who was the first person to walk on the moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong

Literature Trivia

16. Who wrote the Harry Potter book series? Answer: J.K. Rowling
17. What is the best-selling book of all time? Answer: The Bible
18. Who wrote the novel The Outsiders? Answer: S.E. Hinton
19. What poet wrote The Raven? Answer: Edgar Allan Poe
20. Who wrote the Diary of a Young Girl? Answer: Anne Frank

Geography Trivia

21. What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra
22. What is the largest country in the world by area? Answer: Russia
23. What is the longest river in the world? Answer: Nile River
24. What desert covers much of northern Africa? Answer: Sahara Desert
25. What is the capital city of the United States? Answer: Washington D.C.

Random Trivia

26. Who was the first American Idol winner? Answer: Kelly Clarkson
27. What movie series features Jedi knights? Answer: Star Wars
28. Who is the bestselling music artist of all time? Answer: The Beatles
29. What athlete is nicknamed King James? Answer: LeBron James
30. What video sharing platform launched the careers of many influencers? Answer: YouTube
31. How many continents are there? Answer: 7
32. What is the largest ocean in the world? Answer: Pacific Ocean
33. Where are the 2028 Summer Olympics going to be held? Answer: Los Angeles
34. How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico? Answer: 5
35. What layer of the Earth is made up of tectonic plates? Answer: Lithosphere
36. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
37. What is the powerhouse of the cell? Answer: Mitochondria
38. Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
39. What is the largest mammal living today? Answer: Blue whale
40. What were the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution called? Answer: Bill of Rights
41. Who was the third president of the United States? Answer: Thomas Jefferson
42. What does the Richter scale measure? Answer: Earthquake magnitude
43. What is the largest country in South America? Answer: Brazil
44. Who was known as the Queen of Soul?  Answer: Aretha Franklin
45. Who wrote the novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo? Answer: Alexandre Dumas
46. What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Vatican City
47. What is the name of the long membrane that connects your fingers to your hand? Answer: Webbing
48. Which planet is closest to the sun? Answer: Mercury
49. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Answer: Marie Curie
50. What does the prefix “deca” mean? Answer: Ten
51. Which sense do dogs use the most to investigate their surroundings? Answer: Smell
52. Who was known as the father of taxonomy? Answer: Carl Linnaeus
53. What is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way? Answer: Andromeda
54. Which bone are babies born without? Answer: Kneecap/Patella
55. What is the longest bone in the human body? Answer: Femur
56. What is the largest type of shark? Answer: Whale shark
57. Which planet has the most moons? Answer: Jupiter
58. What is the hardest substance in the human body? Answer: Tooth enamel
59. Who invented dynamite? Answer: Alfred Nobel
60. What is the mathematical name for the shape of a sphere? Answer: Ellipsoid
61. What is the largest organ in the human body? Answer: Skin
62. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? Answer: Amelia Earhart
63. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? Answer: Diamond
64. Which planet is known for having rings? Answer: Saturn
65. What is the largest bird in the world? Answer: Ostrich
66. Which U.S. national park is the oldest? Answer: Yellowstone
67. What is the smallest ocean in the world? Answer: Arctic Ocean
68. What does the Latin prefix “homo” mean? Answer: Same
69. Which bone are babies born without? Answer: Kneecap
70. What is the deepest point on Earth? Answer: Challenger Deep
71. Which dinosaur had three horns on its face? Answer: Triceratops
72. What is the symbol for copper on the periodic table? Answer: Cu
73. What is the largest type of deer? Answer: Moose
74. Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling? Answer: Michelangelo
75. Which gas makes up over 70% of the Earth’s atmosphere? Answer: Nitrogen
76. What is the closest planet to Earth? Answer: Venus
77. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)? Answer: Marie Curie
78. Which continent is the world’s driest inhabited continent? Answer: Australia
79. What is the largest country in the world by population? Answer: China
80. What layer of the Earth is made up of tectonic plates? Answer: Lithosphere
81. Who was the first woman to travel into space? Answer: Valentina Tereshkova
82. Which planet spins in the opposite direction than Earth? Answer: Venus
83. What is the smallest muscle in the human body? Answer: Stapedius
84. What is the largest type of primate? Answer: Gorilla
85. Which bone are babies born without? Answer: Kneecap
86. What is the study of mushrooms called? Answer: Mycology
87. Which planet has the most gravity? Answer: Jupiter
88. What is the fastest land mammal? Answer: Cheetah
89. What is the largest type of bear? Answer: Polar bear
90. Which country hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics? Answer: South Korea
91. What is the largest ocean on Earth? Answer: Pacific Ocean
92. Who invented the telephone? Answer: Alexander Graham Bell
93. What is the fastest land animal? Answer: Cheetah
94. What is the smallest country in the world? Answer: Vatican City
95. What is the longest river in Africa? Answer: Nile River
96. Who was the first person to walk on the moon? Answer: Neil Armstrong
97. Which planet has the most moons? Answer: Jupiter
98. What is the hardest natural substance on Earth? Answer: Diamond
99. Which country won the most medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics? Answer: United States
100. Who painted the Mona Lisa? Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
101. What is the largest mammal living today? Answer: Blue whale
102. What makes up 78% of the air we breathe? Answer: Nitrogen
103. What is the largest primate species? Answer: Gorilla
104. Which planet has the most gravity? Answer: Jupiter
105. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? Answer: Venus